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Creating Focal Points in Your Retail Display

Creating effective retail displays requires a clear focal point to capture customers' attention. This can be achieved through strategic placement, lighting, and varying display levels. Focal points...

Multichannel Retailing - Its here to stay

Alan Morris argues that multichannel retailing is not a new concept, as it has existed long before e-commerce and mobile technology. He highlights its benefits, such as expanding customer reach and...

The Concept of Retail Marketing

Retail marketing is a key trend in the economic cycle, offering consumers goods through fixed locations like stores and boutiques. It aims to satisfy customer needs while maintaining profit margins....

Unlocking the Success of the Retail Business

Outsourcing IT allows retail IT Directors to focus on business growth and strategic initiatives like multi-channel and m-commerce. It enables more dynamic roles for IT Directors, shifting IT from...

Does Loyalty Lift Retail Sales?

Loyalty programs are essential for apparel retailers to build customer relationships and enhance sales. They offer rewards, discounts, and promotions, with many shoppers engaging in multiple...

Retail Scenario in the Economic Slowdown

Organized retail in India remains small but is growing, driven by rising disposable incomes and changing consumption patterns. The global economic slowdown led to lower sales, cautious consumer...

'Space planning' - the Retail Touchstone

Effective space planning is crucial for retail success, as it influences customer attraction and purchasing decisions. Retailers must use space allocation tools like CAD drawings, square footage...

An Insight into Visual Merchandising

Visual merchandising, including window dressing, is key to driving sales by showcasing products effectively. For clothing, using mannequins and grouping complementary items encourages purchases. In...

Retailers go the Extra Mile to Woo Consumers

Retailers like Spencers Retail, Shoppers Stop, and Bata India are using innovative strategies to engage customers beyond discounts, such as offering workshops, home delivery, and personalized...

Visual Merchandising with Mannequins

Mannequins are a powerful tool in visual merchandising, helping to personalise items and show how they look on a body. They can also set different moods depending on the setting, enhancing the appeal ...

Imagine a cricketer, once an exciting player but now aged 45, having put on oodles of weight, too...
Posted by
Rahul Mehta
The focus in research and development (R&D) is now more and more set on new sustainable products...
Posted by
Fanny Vermandel
Why do I ask if India can afford to miss the bus again? Because whether we like it or not, whether...
Posted by
Rahul Mehta
It was not very long ago that people who shopped online in India were considered 'ahead of time'....
Posted by
Arun Sirdeshmukh
Indians are too enamoured of Hollywood. We can’t help it. We have been conditioned this way. The...
Posted by
Anurag Batra
Effective quality management starts with a quality policy. Effectiveness is the extent to which...
Posted by
Pradip Mehta
Is your business ready for Textiles 4.0? Before you can say, 'Yes', 'No', 'May be' or 'I don't...
Posted by
Aseem Prakash
A few years later, the same process is now taking place in textile printing, and this has never...
Posted by
Gabi Seligsohn
Luxury is a lifestyle, and fashion is just a minuscule part of it. Businesswise-the most visible or ...
Posted by
Abhay Gupta
A recent PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) survey concluded that a majority of US companies are having...
Posted by
Bill D’Arienzo